The Archbishop of Canterbury has revealed he suffered a crisis of faith following last week’s deadly terror attacks in Paris, which left 130 people dead.

"God, why – why is this happening? Where are you in all this?" - The Archbishop of Canterbury

Justin Welby admitted that the night of horror in the French capital, which saw ISIS jihadis launch gun and bomb raids on the Stade de France, Bataclan concert hall and a number of bars and restaurants, shook his confidence in God’s very existence.

When asked on tonight’s Songs of Praise whether such events put doubt in his mind, he replied: “Oh gosh yes.

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The scene outside the Bataclan Concert Hall following last week's terror attacks in Paris

“Saturday morning, I was out and as I was walking I was praying and saying ‘God, why – why is this happening? Where are you in all this?’

“Yes, I doubt.”

When asked of his reaction to the tragedy, he said: “Like everyone else – first shock and horror and then a profound sadness.

“And, in my family’s case, that is added to because my wife and I lived in Paris for five years.

“It was one of the happiest places we have lived and to think of a place of such celebration of life seeing such suffering is utterly heart-breaking.”

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A huge crowd gathers at Notre Dame for a memorial service following the attacks in Paris

Despite this, he urged against a military response.

He said: “Two injustices do not make justice.

“If we start randomly killing those who have not done wrong, that is not going to provide solutions.

“So governments have to be the means of justice.”

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The Archbishop of Canterbury said on Paris: "First shock and horror and then a profound sadness"

He said that religion cannot be used as an excuse for violence.

“Religion is so powerful in the way humans behave that it has always been a tool used by the wicked to twist people into doing what they want them to do.

“But just because someone believes something deeply wrong does not mean that they are right in some way because they put God in it.

“The perversion of faith is one of the most desperate aspects of our world today.”